NAIROBI Adidas EQT España , Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged nationals to come out in large numbers and vote peacefully on Aug. 8, assuring that adequate steps have been put in place to ensure their safety.

Kenyatta, when interviewed by radio journalists in Nairobi, called on voters to ensure they exercise their democratic right by choosing their leaders, stressing the 2017 election will be determined by the turnout.

"We urge Kenyans to continue maintaining peace and co-exist peacefully. They should not fight because of politics Yeezy Boost 350 V2 España ," Kenyatta said, according to a statement released by his office.

The elections are planned for the President, members of the Senate, Parliament, governors for 47 county governments Zapatillas Adidas NMD España , members of the regional Parliaments and representatives of youth and women.

President Kenyatta expressed confidence that Kenyans will vote for Jubilee based on its outstanding development track record.

Next week's elections come amid far-reaching institutional reforms that have seen new officers take oath of office after an elaborate appointing procedure.

Observers say the 2007 and 2008 post election violence experience was a reminder of the significance of building strong institutions of governance.

Kenyatta said once given a second term, Jubilee will be able to complete the projects it has initiated that are at different stages of completion as well as start new ones that will continue to improve the livelihoods of citizens.

He pointed out that his administration's track record speaks for itself, saying the opposition's efforts to undermine progress have failed.

"We have laid the foundations for progress. We are seeking a second to complete the work we have started for the benefit of all Kenyans," Kenyatta said.

The Kenyan leader said Jubilee has also achieved milestones in its effort to unite Kenyans and spread development across the country in an all-inclusive way.

He said in the last four-and-a-half years, Jubilee has made a lot of progress in providing solutions to challenges facing Kenyans ranging from the land question where over 3.5 million title deeds have been issued to the creation of over 2.5 million quality jobs for the youth.

"We have now put in place an action plan that we intend to implement in our second term to create 6.5 million quality jobs for Kenyans in the next five years. That is why it is important for Kenyans to vote for Jubilee Adidas Ultra Boost España ," Kenyatta said.

On previous marginalized regions, President Kenyatta said his government has made strides in opening up the areas that lagged behind in development by stepping up investment in key projects, offering services that are uplifting the lives of people in those regions.

EDINBURGH, July 21 (Xinhua) -- A leading minister in the Scottish government has described how Britain's Brexit negotiations has plunged Scotland into uncharted waters, and re-ignited the independence debate.

In a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua Adidas Tubular España , Mike Russell, the Scottish government's minister for UK negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, gave his views on what Brexit means for his part of Britain.

Russell, a politician in the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), led by Nicola Sturgeon Zapatillas Adidas Superstar España , is a key supporter of Scotland gaining its independence from the United Kingdom.

Recently Sturgeon announced the SNP's demand for a new independence referendum in Scotland would be shelved until after the completion of Brexit negotiations with the European Union.

The move, insisted Russell, was neither a u-turn nor a retreat from the so called IndyRef2 debate.

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The minister said: "We are in uncharted waters in terms of democracy and politics. Scotland voted against leaving the EU and that has changed everything that's happening.It is a very volatile and insecure period.

"The First Minister's (Sturgeon) view correctly is that the people of Scotland deserve to be given a choice between Brexit, which they did not vote for, and another future. And the only conceivable other future is independence," he added.

He believes that the right thing to do is to wait and see what happens and then a decision can be taken on when people should be given the chance to choose. "That's very much in keeping with the approach we've taken to Brexit which is to endeavor to find a compromise."

That means the Westminster government accepting that the people of England voted to leave the EU, but also needing to accept that the people of Scotland didn't vote to leave "and therefore there needs to be a compromise".

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